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members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the very beginning we have concerns as we work to implement the law, and as i said yesterday on january 20th when this decision was announced secretary sebelius said quote we will continue to work closely with religious groups in this transitional periods to discuss their concern s. i would note that 28 states have similar contraception coverage requirements and eight of the states as i have mentioned before do not even the exemption that this provision requires for churches and house of worship. we want to work with all of the organizations to implement the policy that is as sensitive to their concerns as possib
members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the...
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. >> reporter: here at the white house, press secretary jay carney defended biden on that front. but he also seemed to over and over point folks to the state department. and hillary clinton didn't exactly get into the back and forth but did admit there were questions on both sides, take a listen. >> it is certainly not the case that the assignment of security personnel at diplomatic facilities is made here at the white house. nor should it be. the decision is made about requests for security personnel, and security matters, they're made at the state department. >> to this day, to this day, we do not have a complete picture. we do not have all of the answers. no one in this administration has ever claimed otherwise. >> reporter: you know, brian, senior officials do admit to me they wish they had a clean explanation, they don't. intelligence officials are still uncovering evidence that leads them to believe that the attack in benghazi was somewhat spontaneous, meaning it was never planned in advance, but was opportunistic, meanwhile, nobody is satisfied with the intelligence gather
. >> reporter: here at the white house, press secretary jay carney defended biden on that front. but he also seemed to over and over point folks to the state department. and hillary clinton didn't exactly get into the back and forth but did admit there were questions on both sides, take a listen. >> it is certainly not the case that the assignment of security personnel at diplomatic facilities is made here at the white house. nor should it be. the decision is made about requests for...
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. >> the comments of jay carney earlier today. the headline from the washington times, sparks fly at a white house meeting. joining us live on the phone is susan crabtree who posted the story a short while ago. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> we have the he said she said statements from the speaker of the house, john boehner, reaction from nancy pelosi saying the speaker's characterization of the meeting wasn't quite right. as you indicated and others indicated some rather tense words, if you want to say tense, between the president and the speaker on the debt limit vote. what have you been able to glean from the session? because nobody spoke on the record after the session. >> it seemed like the white house portrayed it in a friendly light when jay carney came out for comments saying it was a friendly meeting and he was emphasizing his to do lists and goals he was trying to get accomplished or passed by the end of the year. but during the briefing you got a read out from boehner's office and it was saying
. >> the comments of jay carney earlier today. the headline from the washington times, sparks fly at a white house meeting. joining us live on the phone is susan crabtree who posted the story a short while ago. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> we have the he said she said statements from the speaker of the house, john boehner, reaction from nancy pelosi saying the speaker's characterization of the meeting wasn't quite right. as you indicated and others...
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here's more on how aural of this came about today with jay carney giving a readout following the session that took place at the noon hour the a the white house. >> talk about the atmospherics of today's meeting. and also, did speaker boehner's comments yesterday about the debt ceiling change the tone or the meeting? >> well, the president had lunch with the leaders alone. i was not in there, no staff was in there. i spoke with the president afterwards. my sense is that the tone was congenial, the discussion was productive, the sandwiches were delicious and that while the topic was raised and discussed, there was no other issue associated with -- or no problem associated with speaker boehner's ares yesterday. >> what portion of the meeting was taken up by that. >> i think my readout of the meeting and the percentage of sometime spent on the various topics is a fair representation of the percentages of the meeting and how they broke down. >> but the president did call the meeting to talk about his to-do list. >> they spent some time talking about that and the fact that -- and i think this
here's more on how aural of this came about today with jay carney giving a readout following the session that took place at the noon hour the a the white house. >> talk about the atmospherics of today's meeting. and also, did speaker boehner's comments yesterday about the debt ceiling change the tone or the meeting? >> well, the president had lunch with the leaders alone. i was not in there, no staff was in there. i spoke with the president afterwards. my sense is that the tone was...
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it was the first issue that jay carney brought up at the daily briefing earlier today. >> before i take your questions, i wanted to start with a statement by the president. "last week, the senate passed a bipartisan transportation bill that will keep construction workers on the job and keep our economy growing. now the house of representatives needs to take bipartisan action so i can sign this into law. an economy built to last depends on a world class infrastructure system that allows us to transport goods as quickly as possible. that's why we need to continue to make investments that will create jobs by rebuilding and modernizing our roads, bridges, and railways. that's why my administration will continue to fight for the long-term investments needed to ensure that america continues to compete and succeed in a global economy." we commended the senate. we are calling on the house to pass bipartisan transportation legislation. the items in the bill will let congress figure out we commended the senate for acting in a bipartisan way on this important bill. the house, like the senate, shou
it was the first issue that jay carney brought up at the daily briefing earlier today. >> before i take your questions, i wanted to start with a statement by the president. "last week, the senate passed a bipartisan transportation bill that will keep construction workers on the job and keep our economy growing. now the house of representatives needs to take bipartisan action so i can sign this into law. an economy built to last depends on a world class infrastructure system that...
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and follow up by jay carney, the white hou white house aide. >> speaker boehner said he would be happy to work with the president on a true energy policy. your read out there, pretty upbeat, too, and was there a specific agenda that came out of the agenda that the american people can say that will likely be done? >> well, i don't want a specific piece of legislation or itemize the topics. as we talked about yesterday, i said and we put out a statement from amy brunledge, that the republicans put out the jobs act and elements within it that overlap considerably with the president's prior tis and in fact echo the very things that the president brought up first in his speech in september when he put forward his american jobs act. he repeated those very same areas in terms of the small business and assistance to small business in the state of the union address and again last week when he signed the payroll tax extension. so, certainly, there is reason to hope that if congress can focus on resolving some differences that we could get some progress in that arena or that area. and as for ener
and follow up by jay carney, the white hou white house aide. >> speaker boehner said he would be happy to work with the president on a true energy policy. your read out there, pretty upbeat, too, and was there a specific agenda that came out of the agenda that the american people can say that will likely be done? >> well, i don't want a specific piece of legislation or itemize the topics. as we talked about yesterday, i said and we put out a statement from amy brunledge, that the...
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jay carney is starting the daily briefing today. we'll perhaps get more insight on where the president stands and on the developing news with david petraeus. let's listen. >> welcome back to the white house briefing room. it's a pleasure to be back. we haven't done this too often of late since we've all been traveling. i want to thank all of you who traveled with us over the past several weeks and months. i know that it was sometimes grueling, i'm sure ever fascinating and certainly part of what is is a remarkable process. it was just a reminder of the greatness of the country in which we live. before i take your questions, let me give you this announcement. next thursday the president will travel to new york to review recovery efforts, meet with affected families and local officials, and thank brave first responders who have worked tirelessly to protect communities following hurricane sandy. more details about the trip will be announced when they're available. >> that's new york city or new york area? >> new york area. earlier toda
jay carney is starting the daily briefing today. we'll perhaps get more insight on where the president stands and on the developing news with david petraeus. let's listen. >> welcome back to the white house briefing room. it's a pleasure to be back. we haven't done this too often of late since we've all been traveling. i want to thank all of you who traveled with us over the past several weeks and months. i know that it was sometimes grueling, i'm sure ever fascinating and certainly part...
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now white house press secretary jay carney says the window of opportunity remains open to resolve the issue, but it will not remain open indefinitely. >> the president has made clear that all options are on the table and is committed to preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. >> he says they are in a position to observe the nuclear program. they are able to detect any effort by iran for a nuclear program. >>> iran's supreme leader remains committed to the middle east free of nuclear weapons, but ayatollah khomeini says the peaceful use of nuclear energy is the right of every country. he made the comments. we have the report from tehran. >> reporter: the meeting held every three years is being attended this time by the leaders of more than 100 states around the world. most of them developing nations. the opening address was made by iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini. he said it was time for the non align countries to break-away from the influence of western powers and create a new world order. use of nuclear weapons as a serious crime and does not possess them, but it wi
now white house press secretary jay carney says the window of opportunity remains open to resolve the issue, but it will not remain open indefinitely. >> the president has made clear that all options are on the table and is committed to preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. >> he says they are in a position to observe the nuclear program. they are able to detect any effort by iran for a nuclear program. >>> iran's supreme leader remains committed to the middle...
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our own ed henry pressed jay carney on that point. here is a little more from the news conference yesterday. >> he didn't specify what you're specifying now. >> he did yesterday. >> yesterday but not in his original comments he did not draw the caveat. you said the whole thing would be unprecedented. >> that is not what he said, ed. that is certainly not what he meant. it is clear to most folks who observe this. martha: so carney also added that the president understands the law of course because he is, a former constitutional law professor. bill: so what about eric holder in all this? the attorney general is in chicago defending the president but adding this. saying the supreme court does have the final say when it comes to laws like health care. >> what the president said a couple of days ago appropriate. he indicated that we obviously respect decisions that courts make under our system of government and since marbury versus madison. i think he said in some ways that which is obvious. you know, we are, there is a piece of legislatio
our own ed henry pressed jay carney on that point. here is a little more from the news conference yesterday. >> he didn't specify what you're specifying now. >> he did yesterday. >> yesterday but not in his original comments he did not draw the caveat. you said the whole thing would be unprecedented. >> that is not what he said, ed. that is certainly not what he meant. it is clear to most folks who observe this. martha: so carney also added that the president understands...
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chris, alissa, according to the white house, according to jay carney, this is a multi-day exercise in futility. he said that -- he reiterated the president would veto it, but it won't even get out of the senate. >> they will not vote on the proposal in any way, shape, or form. this is an interesting gambit by john boehner, andrea, because i see a lot of down side. if this vote goes down, and i assume it won't, john boehner made a very public pledge yesterday that we will pass this and when we do, the president will have a decision to make. but if it goes down, it's a real judgment on sort of the divided republican house conference. if it passes, there's no path forward at least that we can currently see. as you point on the president obama and harry reid saying this is going nowhere. the argument, i talked to some boehner allies today -- the argument shows, look, it shows we're doing something. we're trying to get a plan that will get -- that can get through the u.s. house, but, again, we're getting closer and closer now 11 days away from the end of the year, and this is an exercise t
chris, alissa, according to the white house, according to jay carney, this is a multi-day exercise in futility. he said that -- he reiterated the president would veto it, but it won't even get out of the senate. >> they will not vote on the proposal in any way, shape, or form. this is an interesting gambit by john boehner, andrea, because i see a lot of down side. if this vote goes down, and i assume it won't, john boehner made a very public pledge yesterday that we will pass this and...
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jay carney laid it all out. let's take a look at what is in store for the second amendment in this country. >> he is actively supportive of, for example, senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban >> i think we all know that every income tax filer in america is going to pay a higher rate coming january 1stiwl unles congress acts. so i believe it's important that we protect as manypfl americanñ taxpayers as we can. and our plan b would protect the americanw3 taxpayers who make a million dollars06 or less and 6 all of their current ratesbsl extended. >> sean: that was speaker boehner talking about protecting the taxpayers with his plan b. now it's a modified plan b. is that what the plan really does? here to debate that juan williams, author of the great destroyer, and david limbaugh is with us. if you go back, this is how far we've come in a year. go back to when the republicans were debate -- trying to get the nomination. tax increases. all
jay carney laid it all out. let's take a look at what is in store for the second amendment in this country. >> he is actively supportive of, for example, senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban >> i think we all know that every income tax filer in america is going to pay a higher rate coming january 1stiwl unles congress acts. so i believe it's important that we protect as manypfl americanñ taxpayers as we...
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and you saw during jay carney's press conference -- or jay carn carney's briefing rather, that the entire briefing was dominated by this topic. i think the president is probably expecting to get a number of questions on the topic of general petraeus tomorrow when he addresses correspondents. so i think this is not how the president wanted to start off his second term. obviously, he, lawmakers on capitol hill are really focused on the fiscal cliff, how to prevent it, what to do about it. the president trying to send a strong message of bipartisanship, saying to lawmakers we need to work together to get this resolved. we can't have another replay of what we saw during the summer of 2011 during the debt ceiling debate. this is not the type of press conference or the tone of the press conference certainly that the white house was hoping for. >> finally, kristin, if i may, it's also traditional for a re-elected president to refresh his cabinet. there's been speculation today that senator john kerry may be heading to the defense department. can you provide any clarity on this or indeed any othe
and you saw during jay carney's press conference -- or jay carn carney's briefing rather, that the entire briefing was dominated by this topic. i think the president is probably expecting to get a number of questions on the topic of general petraeus tomorrow when he addresses correspondents. so i think this is not how the president wanted to start off his second term. obviously, he, lawmakers on capitol hill are really focused on the fiscal cliff, how to prevent it, what to do about it. the...
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i think jay carney called it fairy dust. the idea that it tax rates nudge up a percent or two on the top 2%, you will bring the economy to its knees. the nonpartisan congressional budget office showed if the rates increased on the top 2% of households, gdp growth would be almost exactly the same next year. it doesn't have the growth effects and in the long term getting our budget on a sustainable path is positive for the economy. it's an orthodoxy that's wrong and polluted our fiscal politics for way too long. the president has the opportunity to do something about it and i'm glad he's holding fast. >> i want to put something to both of you, first with professor peterson, there is a broader context to this whole discussion because corporate profits have just reached a record for the third quarter of this year. yet at the same time the united states has the highest percentage of low wage earners of almost any developed nation. if you listen to boehner's proposal, it does nothing but harm the working poor. >> did you want -- >
i think jay carney called it fairy dust. the idea that it tax rates nudge up a percent or two on the top 2%, you will bring the economy to its knees. the nonpartisan congressional budget office showed if the rates increased on the top 2% of households, gdp growth would be almost exactly the same next year. it doesn't have the growth effects and in the long term getting our budget on a sustainable path is positive for the economy. it's an orthodoxy that's wrong and polluted our fiscal politics...
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carney. he had this to say about it saying that the signs, the tougher sanctions against iran are working. >> what we see is provocative acts, violent acts, statements that are designed to distract attention from the demonstrated impact that these sanctions are having. >> so jim, there we have jay carney talking about this. so in the perception is reality wars, who is rinning? >> i would say both sides are having difficulty. i would say that iran is looking increasingly desperate in a lot of its moves. it does seem to be acting out over sanctions that do appear to be working. >> when we talk about the fact that the tensions that are growing with israel right now, where in the conversation, because it doesn't seem to be showing its head so much is diplomacy? and so many expers are questioning iran's claim. but the diplomacy that needs to be exhibited here, where is it? >> it's not really in effect. that's part of the reason we're having so many problems and part of the reason the situation is
carney. he had this to say about it saying that the signs, the tougher sanctions against iran are working. >> what we see is provocative acts, violent acts, statements that are designed to distract attention from the demonstrated impact that these sanctions are having. >> so jim, there we have jay carney talking about this. so in the perception is reality wars, who is rinning? >> i would say both sides are having difficulty. i would say that iran is looking increasingly...
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today, spokesman jay carney pointing out because of u.s. sanctions, european union sanctions, this has put a lot of pressure on iran so if there were any talks, iran would be on the defensive. take a listen. >> we had a situation where iran's economy is clearly suffering from the effects of the international sanctions regime as well as the unilateral sanctions that the various nations have placed on iran. >> the other problem and challenge the white house is facing is tonight the officials believe the u.s. has to go further with even tougher sanctions and israel talking about the possibility of a unilateral military attack on iran to take out their potential nuclear program. bottom line is that the president's chairman of the joint chiefs, general dempsey will be in israel tomorrow to try to huddle with israeli officials and make sure everybody is on the same page. >> shepard: ed henry live at the white house. thanks. and just into fox news, word that u.s. forces have come to the rescue of yet another fishing boat in iran. the navy is repor
today, spokesman jay carney pointing out because of u.s. sanctions, european union sanctions, this has put a lot of pressure on iran so if there were any talks, iran would be on the defensive. take a listen. >> we had a situation where iran's economy is clearly suffering from the effects of the international sanctions regime as well as the unilateral sanctions that the various nations have placed on iran. >> the other problem and challenge the white house is facing is tonight the...
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jay carney as responded to what happened on "morning joe". i'm going to play the response. >> he firmly believes that getting an extra $40 in every paycheck is of vastly greater significance to most americans than someone's opinion expressed on cable television about his personal faith, which again, he has spoken about as explicitly as a few weeks ago. >> is this going to become another big debate in this campaign? rick santorum is clearly going there. >> of course it is. i think we've known for a very long time there will are going to be some issues that are hot button issues whether on the right or the left, republican or democrat, when you're running for president will come into play. race is one of them and most definitely religion is one of them. as you said and we heard all weekend long, rick santorum going there, as you said. you have the white house not dignifying what franklin graham said with a response, but staying on message by talking about what they're going to do for the american people. >> jonathan, thank you very much. did i
jay carney as responded to what happened on "morning joe". i'm going to play the response. >> he firmly believes that getting an extra $40 in every paycheck is of vastly greater significance to most americans than someone's opinion expressed on cable television about his personal faith, which again, he has spoken about as explicitly as a few weeks ago. >> is this going to become another big debate in this campaign? rick santorum is clearly going there. >> of course...
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. >> white house spokesman jay carney says he insisted that president obama's claim of executive privilege is not a coverup. >> i don't a way to characterize the documents in question here. >> even if carney's struck to explain the scope of the privilege claim in the "fast and furious" scandal. >> how many pages -- i >> don't have a page count for you. >> well, why not? >> i just don't. >> what carney did know is republicans should be more worried about the economy. >> congressional republicans are focused on this politically motivated taxpayer funded election year, fishing expedition. >> defiant attorney general eric holder agreed. all the way from denmark slammed house republicans for moving forward on contempt charges. >> to say that the action that the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary, and unprecedented. >> republicans showed no signs of backing down. senator marco rubio, potential v.p. pick, urged holder to resign. john boehner stopped short of that saying it's not about personalities but vowed to push the full house to hold him in contempt. >> this is about getti
. >> white house spokesman jay carney says he insisted that president obama's claim of executive privilege is not a coverup. >> i don't a way to characterize the documents in question here. >> even if carney's struck to explain the scope of the privilege claim in the "fast and furious" scandal. >> how many pages -- i >> don't have a page count for you. >> well, why not? >> i just don't. >> what carney did know is republicans should be...
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lou: press secretary jay carney doesn't understand what speaker boehner sid. jay carney said the president is open tideas as long as those ideas include a tax hike on the top 2% of the nations taxpayers. jay carney making it clear today thathe president will not budge on this position. >> the president will not sign any legislation that extends the bush era tax cuts for top earners in this country. this should not be news to anyone on capitol hill. it is certainly not news to anyone in america who was not in a coma during the campaign season. lou: senate majority leader kerry read with a much different take on his meeting with the treasury secretary. an almost gleeful harry reid told republicans to put specific revenues on the table, even as republicans continue to wait for the democtic party and specific spending cuts on the table. >> i had a nice meeting with secretary geithner this morning. i always enjoy meeting with him. democrats are all on the same page. republicans know where we stand. we have sete and said it so many times, and the president has said
lou: press secretary jay carney doesn't understand what speaker boehner sid. jay carney said the president is open tideas as long as those ideas include a tax hike on the top 2% of the nations taxpayers. jay carney making it clear today thathe president will not budge on this position. >> the president will not sign any legislation that extends the bush era tax cuts for top earners in this country. this should not be news to anyone on capitol hill. it is certainly not news to anyone in...
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jay carney said the international community needs to act but we don't want to take action that would contribute to the further militarization. >> i don't know which opposition forces we would armpit's hard to imagine syria being any more militarized than it is. i think we should have worked on it a decade ago but we didn't. if you are not prepared to take action again rogue states like this that terrorize their own people and you aren't willing to make the hard decision for regime change, this what is you end up with. megyn: if we don't take on that huge battle with iran, that 4-year-old boy gives an image. he is dying before our very eyes, shelled by his own government. we heard a report about all these babies in incubators dying because they shelled the hospital. these are babies and children who are dying. we help in so many places on ought globe. what are we doing here? >> this a consequence of american inattention and weakness. nobody thinks we have a strong position in the region. the russians and the chinese vetoes the administration's only plan which was a security council re
jay carney said the international community needs to act but we don't want to take action that would contribute to the further militarization. >> i don't know which opposition forces we would armpit's hard to imagine syria being any more militarized than it is. i think we should have worked on it a decade ago but we didn't. if you are not prepared to take action again rogue states like this that terrorize their own people and you aren't willing to make the hard decision for regime change,...
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karen bohan, who covers the white house for writer's news with questions to press secretary jay carney. >> jay, can you talk about the timing of the meeting with congressional leaders why this came about now? and, also, although both sides are up, isn't it kind of a sign of the partisanship and the fighting between the two parties that there has not been a meeting of this kind since july? >> well, i say two things about that. one is that there has certainly been communication between the president and the leaders of the house and the senate in the last -- in the time since they last sat down together. i think last summer and spring were notable for the high number of hours that the leaders spent together with the president as they tried to work out -- avoid overt to government shut down in the spring and work out an agreement on deficit and debt reduction in the summer. >>> as for this meeting, it was an opportunity as the president saw it to meet with the leadership at the beginning of this year. it was useful to do it after congress acted on the president's highest priority for the b
karen bohan, who covers the white house for writer's news with questions to press secretary jay carney. >> jay, can you talk about the timing of the meeting with congressional leaders why this came about now? and, also, although both sides are up, isn't it kind of a sign of the partisanship and the fighting between the two parties that there has not been a meeting of this kind since july? >> well, i say two things about that. one is that there has certainly been communication...
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jay carney said that again yesterday. and then he got some surprising support from tom coburn, conservative republican senator from oklahoma who said you know, the president on this thing is right. what's wrong with raising rates? >> personally, i know we have to raise revenue. i don't really care which way we do it. actually, i would rather see the rates go up than do it the other way because it gives us greater chance to reform the tax code and broaden the base in the future. >> bill: tom coburn saying personally, i don't care if rates happen to go up. maybe with that, there will be enough republicans who will be willing to buck the leadership of their own party to make a deal with democrats. are we wrong to be so optimistic? congresswoman donna edwards joins us in studio now. hey, congresswoman, how are you? i'm glad you're working today by the way. everybody else is -- congress went home yesterday right? >> well, after i leave here, i'm actually headed right to the hill. >> bill: oh, good. let me ask you about -- >> i
jay carney said that again yesterday. and then he got some surprising support from tom coburn, conservative republican senator from oklahoma who said you know, the president on this thing is right. what's wrong with raising rates? >> personally, i know we have to raise revenue. i don't really care which way we do it. actually, i would rather see the rates go up than do it the other way because it gives us greater chance to reform the tax code and broaden the base in the future. >>...
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so jay carney said that he spoke to the president about him today. here's the president, andrea. >> as we can see behind you, kristen welker, thanks so much. the president has come out. he's working the rope lines there. as kristin just reported 14-point victory by the president in wisconsin in 2008. but there's been a lot of back sliding since then. and a lot of political turmoil in wisconsin was governor walker and with the union movement. here's president obama. >> hello, milwaukee! it is good to be back in the great state of wisconsin. this is the closest i've been to home in awhile. i was thinking about getting on the 90/94 and just driving down to my house. thank you, deandre, for that outstanding introduction. and for sharing your story. i can tell though, he's a little shy. he doesn't necessarily like to get out in front of people. before i begin, i want to thank some additional special guest who are here. milwaukee mayor tom barrett is in the house. your congresswoman gwenn moore is here. you heard from your local uaw representative, john dr
so jay carney said that he spoke to the president about him today. here's the president, andrea. >> as we can see behind you, kristen welker, thanks so much. the president has come out. he's working the rope lines there. as kristin just reported 14-point victory by the president in wisconsin in 2008. but there's been a lot of back sliding since then. and a lot of political turmoil in wisconsin was governor walker and with the union movement. here's president obama. >> hello,...
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joining us live this evening from the white house briefing room, white house press secretary jay carney. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> bret: i know you heard mike's piece. speaker boehner went further, saying the white house made clear by labor day it was in full campaign mode. the president wants this to be a year one address. he is taking on the role of rip van winkle like he slept through the two years where democrats controlled both chambers. your reaction? >> my reaction is it's unfortunate that you have criticism of a speech that someone hasn't heard yet. he is wrong about it. the president worked hard resulted in great republican resistance in a deal finally not withstanding a lot of problems in the house of republican caucus and extension of the payroll tax cut for the american people for two months. extension that we fully expect congress to carry out through the end of the year when they get back to work here. the president will continue to build on themes he laid out in a speech in kansas, about how we need an economy here that is built to last. not on housing bubbl
joining us live this evening from the white house briefing room, white house press secretary jay carney. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> bret: i know you heard mike's piece. speaker boehner went further, saying the white house made clear by labor day it was in full campaign mode. the president wants this to be a year one address. he is taking on the role of rip van winkle like he slept through the two years where democrats controlled both chambers. your reaction? >> my...
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when jay carney says to our guy ed henry we don't nolg know anything about. this don't you think that president obama, with all the power that he has, could come out and say we're trying to get him released. you don't have to -- jo expect him to threaten mexico. i don't expect him to diminish the new president or lodge any charges. that's my job. i will do that but certainly the president can say we are very concerned woe would like mexico mexico to do the humanitarian thing and release him. what would be wrong with that senator? >> i hope that that happens by december 25th. >> bill: why hasn't it happened since august? it's now december. come on. why hasn't it happened? >> well, bill, you and i know that the president has got so much to attend to. that's why i cited abraham lincoln. greatness is defined and senato. >> let's get him out. let's get him out. first of all, here's where the breakdown is. and by the way, i have talked to the mexican ambassador to the united states now several times. most recently today by the way he is a good guy. he is working ve
when jay carney says to our guy ed henry we don't nolg know anything about. this don't you think that president obama, with all the power that he has, could come out and say we're trying to get him released. you don't have to -- jo expect him to threaten mexico. i don't expect him to diminish the new president or lodge any charges. that's my job. i will do that but certainly the president can say we are very concerned woe would like mexico mexico to do the humanitarian thing and release him....
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at the daily briefing, jay carney at the top of the briefing making a direct reference to the speaker on gas and energy price. >> reporter: before i get started, i wanted to note as the president predicted last week when he came a speech at the university of miami, upon its return to washington, congress or at least some members in congress are politicized the issue of gas prices. speaker of the house apparently spoke with reporters this morning in which he suggested that the president wasn't in support of expanding domestic oil and gas production, which is categorically false and suggested that somehow, simply by drilling or approving the keystone pipeline that would lower gas prices, that's the kind of empty promise that politicians make when we face hiex in the global price of oil, that is really dishonest with the kind of promise that -- promises that are dishonest with the american people and as you now, the president has from the beginning supported an all the above approach to our energy challenges. that includes expanding domestic oil and gas production as you know, oil and ga
at the daily briefing, jay carney at the top of the briefing making a direct reference to the speaker on gas and energy price. >> reporter: before i get started, i wanted to note as the president predicted last week when he came a speech at the university of miami, upon its return to washington, congress or at least some members in congress are politicized the issue of gas prices. speaker of the house apparently spoke with reporters this morning in which he suggested that the president...
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carney. >> can you talk about the timing of the meeting with congressional leaders, why it came about now? both sides are upbeat. isn't it a sign of the partisanship and the fighting between the two parties that there has not been a meeting of this kind since july? >> well, two things about that. one is that there has certainly been communication between the president and the leaders of the house and senate and in the time since they last sat down together? i think last summer and spring were notable for the high number of hours the leaders spent together with the president as they tried to work out, a vovoi and work out deficit and debt reduction in the summer. as for the meeting it was an opportunity as the president saw it to meet with the leadership at the beginning of this year. it was useful to do it after congress acted on the president's highest priority for the beginning of the year which was ensuring that the payroll tax cut was extended so that 160 million americans didn't see their taxes go up tomorrow. having done that it was an opportunity for the president to meet with
carney. >> can you talk about the timing of the meeting with congressional leaders, why it came about now? both sides are upbeat. isn't it a sign of the partisanship and the fighting between the two parties that there has not been a meeting of this kind since july? >> well, two things about that. one is that there has certainly been communication between the president and the leaders of the house and senate and in the time since they last sat down together? i think last summer and...
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white house press secretary jay carney accusing house republicans of, quote, caving to pressure from wall street lobbyists by removing a provision to require political intelligence firms to be registered as lobbyists. this is all part of the debate over the stock act which easily passed the senate and is up for a vote tomorrow in the house of representatives. >>> turning to politics, one day after rick santorum was able to sweep in missouri, minnesota and colorado, mitt romney on the defensive going after rick santorum calling him a washington insider and former house speaker newt gingrich returning to georgia next week to raise money and to campaign two days of campaigning in his home state, all in advance of the super tuesday primary on march 6th. the next round of primaries by the end at the end of this month in arizona and in michigan. we'll have more on presidential pol politics later in the program. let's begin with the comments of house speaker john boehner as he went to the floor critical of the president in his decision that would require religious organizations including ca
white house press secretary jay carney accusing house republicans of, quote, caving to pressure from wall street lobbyists by removing a provision to require political intelligence firms to be registered as lobbyists. this is all part of the debate over the stock act which easily passed the senate and is up for a vote tomorrow in the house of representatives. >>> turning to politics, one day after rick santorum was able to sweep in missouri, minnesota and colorado, mitt romney on the...
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. >> that was white house spokesman jay carney and former army vice chief of staff peter tee ellie. jill kelley also received threatening letters from paula broadwell. now a 911 call is coming to light of kelley telling dispatchers saying she needed diplomatic protection. as the scandal widens, broadwell is holing herself up in the home of her brother near rock creek park. a jogger found broadwell's lost driver's license in the park and turned into the police. more bill is right after the break. stay with us. we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of de
. >> that was white house spokesman jay carney and former army vice chief of staff peter tee ellie. jill kelley also received threatening letters from paula broadwell. now a 911 call is coming to light of kelley telling dispatchers saying she needed diplomatic protection. as the scandal widens, broadwell is holing herself up in the home of her brother near rock creek park. a jogger found broadwell's lost driver's license in the park and turned into the police. more bill is right after the...
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jay carney may throw it off on politics but his death is worthy of review. if the white house wants to stone wall that review, they will have to pay a price. >> brian terry, he was killed by weapons supplied by our government and his parents want answers. the republican party came out with an ad dealing with the executive privilege which the president has invoked here and i think it's a pretty powerful ad. i want to get your reaction. >> i want to say it as simply as i can. transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstone of this administration. the mere fact that you have the legal power to keep something secret does not mean you should always use. >> president obama under fire for invoking executive privilege. >> the white house maybe involved in a coverup. >> new questions about what the white house new and when. >> is president obama hiding something? if so, what is it? >> do you favor executive privilege? >> there's been a tendency on the part of this administration to hide behind executive privilege. >> obama asserted executive privilege over th
jay carney may throw it off on politics but his death is worthy of review. if the white house wants to stone wall that review, they will have to pay a price. >> brian terry, he was killed by weapons supplied by our government and his parents want answers. the republican party came out with an ad dealing with the executive privilege which the president has invoked here and i think it's a pretty powerful ad. i want to get your reaction. >> i want to say it as simply as i can....
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questions to press secretary jay carney. >> reps are repeatedly criticized the president for not working with them on their jobs act. what is the president's position on working with the speaker and others on their version of a jobs act? >> i think there is great opportunity to -- great overlap in between this administration's position on some of these issues, especially with with regard to small businesses. i believe the house majority leader put forward on politico some of his policy proposals and there's real opportunity to work to get a lot of that done. it goes right to the point that i've been making that conventional wisdom holds that we can't accomplish things at that both the administration and congress controlled largely by the other party can agree on, but that's not true. that's a perfect example of an area to find common ground and can achieve some of the things that after all a number of the items that the house majority leader put forward in na op-ed in politico are ones that the president suggested in september and he reiterated at the state of june address. i think that
questions to press secretary jay carney. >> reps are repeatedly criticized the president for not working with them on their jobs act. what is the president's position on working with the speaker and others on their version of a jobs act? >> i think there is great opportunity to -- great overlap in between this administration's position on some of these issues, especially with with regard to small businesses. i believe the house majority leader put forward on politico some of his...
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take a listen to what jay carney said. >> i'm trying to be incredibly opaque about the distinction. look. >> it's working. >> it's working. >> so at least he's man enough to admit he doesn't want to give us the answer to the question, and the question is what's going on in these negotiations, and maria, a little bit like a blind man with an elephant. know something is happening and can feel bit and pieces but no idea of what the total scope is other than talks continue and both sides are use the same talking point saying the lines of communications are open. >> what a day. let's break down how the markets reacted to all the fiscal cliff talk and jackie d'angelis with that angle. >> the trading day started with optimism that budget negotiations were on track and that the economy could avoid going over the so-called fiscal cliff. strength in tech stocks helped the markets early on in the session and apple saw soiled gains on reports of record sales at fox con and gave those back and markets paeced mid-morning. the house speaker john boehner made those comments and took the steam out o
take a listen to what jay carney said. >> i'm trying to be incredibly opaque about the distinction. look. >> it's working. >> it's working. >> so at least he's man enough to admit he doesn't want to give us the answer to the question, and the question is what's going on in these negotiations, and maria, a little bit like a blind man with an elephant. know something is happening and can feel bit and pieces but no idea of what the total scope is other than talks continue...